Ruling Bloc's Intensive Offensive... Han Dong-hoon Says, "Let's Play the Explicitly Incriminating Recording File"

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Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon immediately fired back against the ruling Democratic Party's intensive offensive. He claimed that President Lee Jae-myung's mention of the trial of former lawmaker Noh Ung-rae is suspected to be a preparatory step for dropping the indictment. He also stated, "Since there is a recording file capturing Noh's voice at the time of the incident, let's all listen to it together."

This is reporter Jeong Yunsik.

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Independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon, who served as justice minister during the prosecution's investigation of former Democratic Party lawmaker Noh Ung-rae, posted five messages on social media yesterday (August 21) and today to counter the ruling bloc's offensive.

The appellate court, which acquitted former lawmaker Noh, ruled that the electronic data from the mobile phone of businessman Park's wife, submitted by the prosecution, was unlawfully collected evidence and thus lacked admissibility.

Businessman Park is the individual accused of handing over money to former lawmaker Noh.

Regarding the appellate acquittal, Han wrote on social media that Noh was not acquitted because it was revealed that he did not receive money, but rather for the formal reason that the evidence was deemed illegal.

The evidence in question was mixed with electronic data secured while the prosecution was investigating the bribery and mediation case of Lee Jung-geun, former deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Party.

The court determined that the evidence fell outside the scope of the warrant requested by the prosecution, making it so-called "fruits of the poisonous tree" that cannot be used in court.

However, Han wrote on social media, "There is a recording file that explicitly captures the circumstances of the money exchange, so let's all listen to it together."

He also wrote that the recording file contains a conversation from July 2020 at the office of then-National Assembly member Noh Ung-rae, where Noh asked the wife of businessman Park, "Should we process this as a political donation?" to which she replied, "No, if you do that, I'll be disappointed," followed by Noh saying, "Alright."

Han claimed that President Lee's mention of this case is an obvious scheme aimed at paving the way for dropping the indictment.

The People Power Party also joined the fray.

[Park Sung-hoon / Senior Spokesperson for the People Power Party : Ignoring the essence of the ruling, the President as if waiting for this moment is demonizing the prosecution and using a specific politician's trial result as material to neutralize the prosecution and provide a judicial shield...]

The People Power Party sharpened its criticism, urging that the court ruling should not be rewritten according to the regime's needs.

(Video reporting: Shin Dong-hwan, Video editing: Jeon Min-gyu)
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